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How Hydroxide and Hydronium Ions Ensure Cleanliness in the Bathroom Hygiene plays a more important role than ever in the current situation. Regular hand washing, social distancing, respiratory hygiene and …

How Hot Is It Really? The air that surrounds us everywhere affects our comfort and well-being through its temperature. If it is too hot or too cold, we feel uncomfortable. …

« Sample Preparation in the Biochemical Laboratory » The centrifuge is indispensable in any biochemical laboratory. Whether you work with cells, proteins or DNA, one moment always arrives: unwanted components …

In 2011, people became ill, and some even died as a result of an EHEC outbreak—an intestinal infection caused by the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli bacterium. The cause was fenugreek sprouts …

Two Key Characteristics for Hoses and Hose Technology Who doesn’t use them somewhere — hoses — the versatile helpers used in countless applications. They safely transport gases, liquids, and even …

Technical gases reach end users via various routes. Natural gas for energy supply or process gases for the chemical industry are highly compressed and transported over long distances through pipelines …

HPLC stands for High Performance Liquid Chromatography. This technique is used for both preparative and analytical separations. In biochemical research, HPLC is especially useful for preparing and analyzing substances with …

The Birth Certificates of Chemical Substances In chemical research – and especially in the development of new chemical products – detailed knowledge of the properties of the raw and auxiliary …

Many people are familiar with nylon and the related polymer Perlon as components of textiles. However, polyamides are also used in vehicles and under the hood. Fuels, for example, are …

Anyone working with polymers and their properties should know something about what is known as the molecular weight distribution. What it is, how it can be determined using gel permeation …